A New Approach to Indoor Characterization of PV Module Energy Yield Parameters

Paul Ndione; Carl Osterwald; Laurence Ottoson; Dean Levi; Andrew Gabor

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980463

A New Approach to Indoor Characterization of PV Module Energy Yield Parameters

Paul Ndione, Carl Osterwald, Laurence Ottoson, Dean Levi, Andrew Gabor

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Abstract

Temperature and solar irradiance are among the most relevant parameters that affect the energy yield of photovoltaic cells and modules. A rise in the module temperature leads to a significant decrease in the open circuit voltage and a small increase in the short circuit current. Here we use a new tool to determine temperature coefficients as well as to assess power rating of multi c-Si, mono c-Si, CdTe, and CIGS-based PV modules in controlled indoor conditions per IEC 60891 and IEC 61853-1. We use the tool to explore how nonuniformities in module temperature affect the accuracy of the temperature coefficients.

Original language	American English
Pages	87-90
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980463 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980463
State	Published - Jun 2019
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

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Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

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NREL/CP-5900-74112

Keywords

energy yield
IEC standards
PV modules
temperature coefficients

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Ndione, P, Osterwald, C, Ottoson, L, Levi, D & Gabor, A 2019, 'A New Approach to Indoor Characterization of PV Module Energy Yield Parameters', Paper presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, Chicago, United States, 16/06/19 - 21/06/19 pp. 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980463, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980463

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